buffalo robe en · NOUN
Meanings
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(US, historical) A cured bison hide, with the hair left on, used as a blanket or wrap.
The snow was too thick and the ruts frozen too hard for the motor. They drove out in a clumsy high carriage. Tucked over them was a blue woolen cover, prickly to her wrists, and outside of it a buffalo robe, humble and moth-eaten now, used ever since the bison herds had streaked the prairie a few miles to the west.
1920, Sinclair Lewis, Main Street: The Story of Carol Kennicott, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| buffalo robes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (2)
pl skóra bawola (A cured bison hide used as a blanket or wrap) · nv chʼidí (A cured bison hide used as a blanket or wrap)